The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-04-07
the transaction Of the ordinary business
Of the people.
NO REASON FOR ALARM.

the near future on account OF suppOs
ed contraction Of the currency. The
currency has not been, and is not how
being contracted. The volume of cur.
rency In circulation has increased more
than 5000, 100000 since June 30th, 1882,
aud 1t Is $25,000. 900 larger now than II
was fourteen months ago. 1t is true
that the circulation of National Bank
notes has decreased $26,000,000 during
the last fourteen or fifteen months, but
the circulation Of other forms Of cur
rency has largely increased, so that the
total amount is now, as said before,
$4,000 0O0 greater than 1t was at the
beginning Of that period. There is $780,
100000 more gold In circulation now
than there was then.
when the three per cent bonds are
all paid, II the revenues are not reduced
and the surplus 10 allowed to accumu
late In the Treasury, we may have finan-
c1al trouble, but 1t will not be because
there Is not money enough actually in
the country to transact all the business
Of the people," .
Nov that the Forty.ninth Congress
has closed, what have you to say Mr..
Speaker, about the work 1t has done"
asked The Enquirer.
To this question Mr.. Carlisle made
answer at length. He had manifestly
examined the subject carefully, and had
close at hand the conclusions he had
reached and the documents to verify
them. The answers to the questions on
this point are put In continuous form
Mr.. Carlisle said:
"The record Of the Forty ninth Con.
gress for work actually accomplished
has never been equ8led, certainly never
surpassed. No Congress that ever sat
since the organization Of the Govern
meDt has had as much business present
ed for consideration, or passed as many
bills.
During the two sessions Of the Forty
ninth Congress there we're introduced
into the House II ,526 bills and joint res
OlutiOns, aud into the Senate 3,476 bill
and joint resolutions, making in all 10,
t02, nearly twice ss many as ever be-
fore. OF these 1442 actually became
laws, and 1914 more which passed both
Houses failed to take eff3ct, either be-
cause they we're d,saPp oVed by the
President or because they were not re-
turned to the House In which they orig
mated on account of the adjournment
at the close of the two sessions.
mo other Congress In time of peace
ever passed so many really important
general statutes as the one which has
just adjourned. Among these may be
mentioned the act to regulate the sue
CessiOn to the Presidential Office, the
Inter State Commerce act, the Utah PO-
lygamy act, the Agricultural Expert
ment Station act, the act to regulate the
jurisdiction Of the United States Circuit
Courts, the act relating to the count Of
the Electoral vote, the act to Investigate
the accounts and management Of the
subsidized Pacific Railroad Companies,
the act to prevent Enclosures Of the pub
lie lands, the act to prohibit the acQui-
sitiOn of lands In the Territories by
allen subjects and corporations, the act
to ameud the law In relation to the i'm
| p0rtation Of labOrpTs under contract,
the act to authorize the President to
| adopt retaliat0ry measures toward Great
Britain in the as cries controversy, the
act to extend the free delivery service,
the act to authorize claimants to insti-
| tute suits against the Government in
the District and Circuit Courts of the
United States.
AMEND THE LAW
In relation to the reference of claims To
the Court of Claims by the two Houses
Of Congress; the act for the redemption
and Tecoinsge of the trade dollar; the
act to repeal the tenure OF office lRw;the
act to prohibit officers and agents Of the
United States from hiring out conViCts;
| hn NJ 70 nh nn oil nc
relating to land grants to railroad COM
panies, and to recover lands improperly
patented to such companies; a number
Of acts fOrfeiting lands heretofore
granted to railroad companies and re-
storing them to the public domain, and
many other very important general laws
which must have large influence upon
the
FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY,
"Perhaps the work Of the last Con oress
will be better appreciated" said Mr.
Carlisle, "if Ii is compared with Its pre-
decessOrs. During the first fifty years
after the organization of the Govern
ment there were introduced into both
Houses Of Congress only 8777 bills and
joint resolutions, being 6,225 less than
were introduced In the FOrty-ninth Con-
gress alone In the Thirty-eighth Con-
press there we're 1,608 Of which
SIS were passed. In the Thirty
ninth, 1858, of which 619 were passed,
| In the For tieth, 1928, Of which 1859 were
passed. In the Forty first, 5,3l4, of
which 77a we're passed In the Forty
second, B 943, Of which 1,0l7 we're passed
La the Forty-third, 6,435, Of which 856
were passed In the Forly-tOurlh, 623U
Of which 727 we're passed. In the Forty
| fifth, 8 1855, Of which 742 were passed
In the Forty-sixth, 10 067, of which 45O
we're passed. In thu Forty-seVenth, 10,
703 of which 772 were passed. In the
Forty eighth, 11,44l, of which 966 were
| passed. In the FJrty-ntnth, there were,
as already stated, 1902, OF which |, 442
were passed and actually became laws,
! white 1914 more passed both Houses, but
failed for the reason have stated, max
Ing In all that were really passet by the
Houses 1884 bills and joint resolutions
"lhe Forty fifth Congress passed 81
per cent of the billsa and resolutions i'll
tTOJuced; lhe FOrty-siXth, ~ per cent;
the Forty seventh per cent, the Forty
eighth, per cent, while th9 Forty.
ninth, notwithstanding the much larger
number introduced, passed nearly IL per
cent. Of them, and more than 915 per
cent. OF them.
ACTUALLY BECAME LAWS.
Legislation seems TO be gFOwiugp"
observed the Enq0irer correspondent.
1T Isl" answered Mr.. Carlisle. "Ihe
business of Congress Is constantly In
creasing, ard one Of the great problems
OF the future Is how 10 dispose of it.
The impOgsibility of properly consider
ing and disposing of the great mass
business annually presented TO Congress
is perfectly evident, and thosa who think
hat Congress is doing nothing because